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3 weeks ago | rediff.com | Shine Jacob

The company has embedded intelligence in every layer of its value chain, marked by predictive maintenance, AI-powered image recognition and robotic automation. IMAGE: Sanjeev Kumar, president, MHCV Ashok Leyland, during the inauguration of the M&HCV Expo at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, in Kolkata. A commercial vehicle manufacturer messages a truck driver to change gears or alerts fleet owners about excessive clutch usage.

3 weeks ago | rediff.com | Shine Jacob

Lacking basic safeguards and regulations, India is fast emerging as a hub for illegal online betting and gambling market, with the top 15 such unauthorised platforms logging an alarming over 5.4 billion visits in FY25, according to a report by public policy think-tank on consumer sovereignty. The annual deposits in these illegal platforms, including 1xBet, Parimatch, Stake, Fairplay and BateryBet, is estimated to the tune of $100 billion, CUTS International said in its report on Sunday.

3 weeks ago | business-standard.com | Shine Jacob

Once hailed in the West as "India's Rasputin" and considered the de facto number two to Jawaharlal Nehru, former defence minister V K Krishna Menon embodied the paradox of being a global citizen who struggled to belong within his own party. Menon's eventual exile from the Congress mainstream remains a study in political alienation - one that, increasingly, observers in Kerala now see echoed in the trajectory of Shashi Tharoor, a member of the Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram.

4 weeks ago | business-standard.com | Shine Jacob

TVS Supply Chain Solutions (TVS SCS), one of the largest integrated supply chain solution providers in India, is on a wait-and-watch mode after the US tariff announcement, as the North American market contributes a considerable share of its revenue. Managing Director Ravi Viswanathan speaks to Shine Jacob about the geopolitical crisis in West Asia, the company's US market strategy, and on alternative supply chains, in a virtual interaction with Shine Jacob.

4 weeks ago | share.google | Shine Jacob

Hyundai Motor India has completed 25 years of exports from India and is on the road to developing the country as its largest export hub outside South Korea, targeting a 7–8 per cent growth in export volumes in FY 2025–26, a top company executive said on Friday. The company is currently the largest exporter of passenger vehicles from India, with exports accounting for 21 per cent of its overall sales, compared to an industry average of 15 per cent.